Castilian languages | |
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Castilic | |
Geographic distribution | Spain, Spanish-speaking Americas, Equatorial Guinea |
Linguistic classification | Indo-European |
Subdivisions | |
Glottolog | cast1243 |
The Castilian languages are Castilian (Spanish) and its closest relatives. Besides derivatives of Spanish such as Judaeo-Spanish and Amazonic Spanish, this refers principally to Extremaduran, a partially mutually intelligible language that is often considered merely a peculiar dialect by other speakers of Spanish.
Name
The category "Castilian languages" is used in Ethnologue: Languages of the World[1] while Glottolog uses the "Castilic" category.[2]
Notes
- ^ Extremaduran is sometimes considered an Astur-Leonese dialect.
References
- ^ Eberhard, David M., Gary F. Simons, and Charles D. Fennig (eds.). 2020. Ethnologue: Languages of the World. Twenty-third edition. Dallas, Texas: SIL International. Online version: http://www.ethnologue.com.
- ^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin; Bank, Sebastian, eds. (2022). "Castilic". Glottolog 4.6. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.